High winds bring 20,000 power outages to Oakland County

About one-quarter of the 80,000 DTE Energy customers that are currently without power reside in Oakland County, as the remnants of Hurricane Sandy sweep through Michigan.

Len Singer, spokesman for DTE, said all available crews are “working around the clock” to get service restored to the 20,000 Oakland County residents who are currently without it.

“We don’t have an estimate on when all customers will be restored because we’re still getting some level of wind that’s causing additional problems,” Singer said late Tuesday morning.

An estimate should be available later in the day as the wind dies down, Singer said.

The DTE Energy Outage Map shows severe outages throughout the county. The area from Dixie Highway and Ortonville Road, stretching northeast to Sashabaw Road, north of Clarkston Road, appears to have the most outages in the area. More than 3,500 customers in that area, which stretches across I-75, have been without power since 7:46 p.m. Monday.